Observation of My Marks Pattern

All most after one year, Today I have got time to sit back and ponder about my performance in Civil service mains examination across the past 3 attempts.

Name : SITHARAMARAJU K

Civil Service(Mains) Examination		Comparison
Subject		Maximum Marks	2004	2005	2006
Essay ( Paper – III)		200	45	118	132
General Studies (Paper-IV)		300	157	153	160
General Studies (Paper-V)		300	127	131	166
Mathematics	Paper-VI	300	138	134	152
	Paper-VII	300	136	138	143
Geography	Paper-VIII	300	117	112	97
	Paper-IX	300	133	129	136
Penalty Marks		0	0	0	0
Written Total		2000	853	915	986
Interview		300	NA	NA	195
Total Marks		2300	NA	NA	1181

Here are few observations :

• I have been improving my percentage of marks in Essay, General studies and Mathematics across the years.
• One pattern is the decreasing tend of marks in Geography. Especially in the first paper of Geography. This shows lack of knowledge and organisation in that perticular paper.
• In Essay , there is little scope for further improvement. More over, I will be tougher to even maintain that level of marks.
• Mathematics and General studies - has to improve atleast about 10% in each one of these subjects.

Madras HC quashes UPSC's merit lists of 2006-07

The position of UPSC merit lists for 2006 and 2007 by Madras High court can be found here.

Observations :

Here I would go along the center's view as the service and the posts are not equiavent, against the essense of the present judgement. For each service , there will be a set of posts reserved for OBC, SC and STs.

The reserved candidate entered in to the merit list on his own can always get into better service, If he chooses so. Most of these aspirants prefer some services to the others. So they will take the reserved seats for such categories. So in effect, these vacancies so produced should give way to the unreserved candidates in the merit list. As the unreserved post got vacated.

How ever in these judgement , As the learned Judge interpreted both the service and post as the same. It will make sense for me only if there is no priority between the Services. But in reality , because of the difference between people perception towards services the present condition arises.

If you go by the present judgement , One painful reality will be the number of people who has utilised their caste based reservations to get into the posts will be always higher than the number of posts reserved for them in those services as per the constitution. This goes against the spirit of Art. 335 {It states that there should be a balance between the administrative efficiency and the affirmati ve action }.

Now, The Govt of India and UPSC will any way move against this order to the Apex Court to clarify their position, we have to wait and watch out for the final results.

For aspirants who think they are in those wait lists , It is going to be even longer wait than expected. Why dont these petitions directly taken by the APEX court itself, as it gonna save lot of time and money for the lower courts, governments ,UPSC and most importantly for people who filed these petitions.

My Marks @ 2004

Hi !! here are my marks @ 2004 mains Roll No. : 130905 Name : SITHARAMARAJU K

Civil Service(Main) Examination 2004
Subject		Maximum Marks	Marks Obtained
Essay (Paper-III)		200	45
General Studies (Paper-IV)		300	157
General Studies (Paper-V)		300	127
Mathematics	Paper-VI	300	138
	Paper-VII	300	136
Geography	Paper-VIII	300	117
	Paper-IX	300	133
Penalty Marks			0
Written Total		2000	0853

Remarks : NOT QUALIFIED IN WRITTEN. Below mentioned are my marks at the mains examination 2004. Hmm it seems on the first two days it self my fate has been sealed of the marks in the Essay paper and GS - II . I have paid heavey price for my scribbling and unorganization in my Essay paper. And in GS-II , I dont know where I have made the mistake, this is the worst part about this result in GS-II. I have written atleast 35 2-markers correctly. And done almost all of the statics portion.. still I just made 127 only. This is a bit shocking for me.. And all other papers marks are more or less as expected. But it definitely pointed me out a lot of errors that i have made lost time.. well lets do the error - correction work for the next time.. :-) .. ok ppl .. bye for now..

Minimum physial standards for IPS

Dear Friends, Many friends have asked about the minimum Physical standards for IPS. I am giving these here. The physical standards are important for the job profile and the rigorous training at the NPA, which includes weekly run for 10 k.m. in 60 minutes, route march for 25 k.m. UAC, Horse riding, rock climbing, assault course, PT obstacles, rope climbing etc. I shall give a detailed a/c of this sometime. Services are divided into technical and non-technical. Technical services are IRTS, IPS, DANI PS, CISF, RPF & other Police organisation. The Medical standards for Technical Services are stringent. For IPS- Height – Male 165 cm Pahari Male (general also) & ST (not the SC/ OBC) – 160 cm Female 150 cm Pahari Female (general also) & ST (not SC/ OBC)- 145 cm Chest – Male Minimum 84 cm. Expansion 5 cm. Female Min 79 cm expansion 5 cm. (Those can’t expand the chest go to next service. If expansion is less during 1st Medical, i.e. just after interview; during second Medical, i.e. after the result, or appeal, expansion can be shown.) Many people fail in this test of chest expansion. (I know some people who have cleared this exam during the second Medical Test, i.e. after the Medical Exam conducted after the declaration of Final result) Eye sight – 6/6 or 6/9 distant vision for good eye. 6/12 or 6/9 for worst eye. Near vision J 1 for good eye. J2 for worst eye. The correction is by lenses only. High standard for the Colour-blind test. No inherent night blindness. Vision should stereoscopic. Blood pressure (High) – Age 23 – 123, age 24 – 124, age 25 –122, age 28 – 124, age 30 –125, age 32 – 126, age 34 – 127. Ladies should not be pregnant at the time of Medical Test. Ear- good listening & normal ear cavity. 1000 to 4000 frequency hearing impairment shd not be more than 30 decibels. Nasal- candidate should not stammer while speaking. Now the answer to one question which many people have asked- Shall I face any difficulty in OUTDOORS at the National Police Academy, due to my advanced age? I was not active in past; shall I face difficulty in outdoors? Ans- The Medical Standards are meant to ensure that you shall be able to do the outdoors. But some people face difficulty in outdoors. I know a person from Army background underwent knee surgery (to cure cracked plate) due to extra ordinary strain in outdoors. The bone injuries are common to those who do not have enough flexibility. Whatever your age be, do this flexibility test. Stand erect. Stretch your palms. Now try to touch your toes without bending your knees. (Remember, the knee should be directed backwards). If you could touch the toe, you are flexible. More the distance between your toe and palm, more difficult the outdoors for you!!!) With best wishes Satish